Dallas Stars Blog

Stars back to six defensemen in Saturday’s game

The Dallas Stars will go back to the normal alignment of six defensemen for Saturday’s game against Edmonton.

The Stars used seven defensemen on Thursday at Nashville in the expectations that the Predators would take runs at Mark Fistric, who left defenseman Shea Weber with a head injury after a hit in a game on Dec. 23. That came to pass when Jordin Tootoo and Fistric fought in the second minute of the game.

With no blood-rivalries in store against the Oilers, Stars coach Glen Gulutzan returned to six defensemen, with Jordie Benn scratched. Jake Dowell was active and on the fourth line.